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Originally Posted by Iceman90
If I recall correctly, most prospects weren't eligible to be drafted. I think it was pretty much only players who've played enough games to be waiver eligible were eligible to be drafted. So we might lose Drew Shore.
In the past teams didn't have a Salary Cap nor a Salary Floor to work with. An Expansion Draft could be interesting to see how teams would be strategically picking to get above the floor, and also staying under cap.
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Unrestricted free agency was a lot different during the last round of expansion too. I believe that you couldn't become a UFA until you were 31 under the old CBA. Now, it's 27.
If expansion teams are awarded for 2016, it will be interesting if there's an increase in the number of one-year deals given out this summer to make pending UFAs less likely to be chosen by the new teams.